The crash was reported shortly after 3 a.m. Thursday on the southbound side of Interstate 5 near Las Pulgas Road. Traffic remained at a standstill for hours.
Three people were killed in a fiery chain-reaction vehicle crash on Interstate 5 in San Diego County on Thursday morning near Camp Pendleton. The crash was reported shortly after 3 a.m. on the southbound side of the freeway near Las Pulgas Road, north of Oceanside, according to the California Highway Patrol's online incident log. A vehicle stopped on the freeway was hit from behind by a military Jeep and immediately caught fire.
several hours after the crash as a SigAlert was issued around 4 a.m. Traffic began backing up at 6:30 a.m. just past the Orange County line, according to a Times reporter caught in the traffic. Emergency vehicles, including CHP cruisers and Camp Pendleton’s Fire Department, sped down the southbound median lane to get through traffic. After several hours stalled in traffic, drivers made illegal U-turns on the freeway and crossed over the median to jump onto the northbound side of the freeway.
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